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cccpneveragain 9 points ago +9 / -0

I guess I was right before all that because I was in school the entire 90s and we still had all of that. I am abysmally horrible at sports and many years I hated gym class and I still wouldn't want it banned. I always felt the good gym teachers had a wide enough set of activities in their back pocket to level the playing field a bit anyway.

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Frog_Anne 3 points ago +3 / -0

I hated gym class too, especially dodge ball. It really reveals which sporty kids are total jerks and like to bean someone as hard as they can for no reason. I used to just cheat and sit down before I was actually out so they'd quite hitting me as hard as they could. If you're really feeling stealthy, you can hit people while sitting, since you're not technically out. I figure I was just introducing snipers to dodge ball.

I hear at least some schools now give you PE credits for other activities. Some got credits for ballet (which involves 4-6 hours of class per week), some others could do a mountain biking group with their school. I was born too soon, I guess.